The corn mazes I visited last weekend are found within an hour's drive of Washington D.C. With their surrounding activities one feels like a kid again and the mazes are a unique setting for a wonderful day outdoors and miles of walking.

Rat mothers have been shown to become both bolder at navigating their way through mazes, and better than childless female rats at searching for food: while pregnant, they seem to forge extra connections in areas of the brain linked to memory, learning, problem solving and stress reduction.